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Pidgeon Pagonis

Creative Directive
Too Cute to Be Binary

Pidgeon Pagonis, M.A. (Chicago, IL) has worked for over a decade as an intersex advocate, speaker, consultant, photographer and filmmaker to shed light on the human rights violations endured by intersex people. Their goal is to help end the non-consensual irreversible medical procedures meant to discipline unruly intersex bodies. They are co-founder of the Intersex Justice Project (IJP), appeared on the cover of National Geographic “Gender Revolution” special issue, and was honored as an LGBT Champion of Change by the Obama White House. Their memoir, Nobody Needs To Know, comes out August 15, 2023.

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